KJV dictionary & concordance
The outlying land or district surrounding a city, including ground allotted for cattle and other use.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Leviticus 25:34
Complete exact-word concordance
But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold, for it is their perpetuall possession.
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Historical English dictionary sources
[Latin suburbium; sub and urbs, a city.] 1. A building without the walls of a city, but near them; or more generally, the parts that lie without the walls, but in the vicinity of a city. The word may signify buildings, streets or territory. We say, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden is situated in the suburbs of London or Paris. 2. The confines; the out part. The suburb of their straw-built citadel.
